Broomfield 1996 WCPlan

• Project Type: Water Conservation Plan
• Project Name: City and County of Broomfield Water Conservation Plan
• Title: Water Conservation Plan
• Date: 3/1/1996
• County: Broomfield
• Water Conservation - Doc Type: Complete Plan

6. Dissemination of information regarding water use efficiency measures
including public education, water use audits, water saving demos:

The city celebrates Drinking Water Week every year in May, It is a
national public education effort focused on water awareness and
conservation, The city provides an open house and tours of the water
treatment facility. The city's April/May newsletter dedicates several pages
to water issues and publicizes the open house activities. Letters are sent
out to all of the Broomfield schools inviting them to set up class field trips
and class presentations, The city has provided hundreds of AWWA
Teachers Guides and thousands of Activity/Color books for the students
to promote water awareness and conservation, The 1996 Drinking Water
Week publicity will advertise the new home water audit kits that are now
available, The city has purchased 200 home water audit kits for
distribution to residents free upon request. The inexpensive kits are
expected to reduce household consumption by up to 30 gallons per day,

The city sponsors annual Xeriscape seminars through the Boulder Energy
Conservation Center (BECC), The seminars are free to Broomfield
resident's, BECC provides information on drought tolerant plant material,
turf alternatives to a bluegrass lawn, alternative landscape materials,
water-efficient irrigation system design, BECC will provide 14 seminars in
and around the Broomfield area in 1996 that are available to Broomfield
residents,

A Xeriscape demonstration landscape is planned at the new water
treatment facility, All principals of low water use landscaping will be
incorporated into the demonstration site and it will be separately metered
to track water use, Interpretive signs will be included as an educational
tool for visitors to the site,

7. Water rate structures designed to encourage water use efficiency in fiscally
responsible manner:

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The city contracted with Rich Giardina and Associates, Inc. in April 1995
to perform a water and sewer rate study, The "Utility Financial Planning
and License Fee Study" (January 1996) considered eleven pricing
objectives when evaluating alternative pricing forms, Three of the eleven
objectives addressed water-use efficiency, These objectives were water
conservation, peak usage reduction and large volume customers
(Appendix D). The new water and sewer rates were adopted after a public
hearing on February 6, 1996 (Ordinance 1167 and 1168 amending
Broomfield's Municipal Code, Chapter 13-08 and 13-12, respectively).

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